System overview   
1.5 System properties 
  SIRIUS Innovations 
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1.5.9  Application monitoring 
The current monitoring relays, which enable intelligent protective functions to be easily 
implemented within the application, are a central component of the innovations made to the 
SIRIUS modular system. 
Increasing numbers of customers require application monitoring in addition to motor 
protection. Overload protection (based on I²t measuring/calculation) provides information on 
the motorized load, but it does not necessarily allow for conclusions to be drawn regarding 
the correct execution of processes within the machine. 2- or 3-phase current monitoring with 
SIRIUS 3RR2 current monitoring relays facilitates the direct monitoring and protection of the 
application. 
 
①  Application monitoring 
②  Motor protection 
Figure 1-8  Application monitoring